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Month: April 2012
2008 JC Cellars Marsanne Stagecoach Vineyard: Wine of the Week
Are you familiar with Marsanne? If so, have you tried a 100% Marsanne wine? Here’s a great example!
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…NV Scharffenberger Brut Excellence
John Scharffenberger was famous for his sparkling wines before he because famous for Scharffen Berger Chocolate. Here’s my review of the Scharffenberger Cellars NV Brut Excellence
Wine Words Demystified: Malolactic Fermentation
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s word/phrase is Malolactic Fermentation According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: This process has nothing to do with regular FERMENTATION since…
Wine Of The Week – 2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel
It was a tough call for wine of the week for March 24-30. Why? I went to a big Rhone Rangers tasting on March 25th and tasted dozens of wines! But at the end of the day (several days thereafter actually), I kept reminiscing about the 2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel. When I think a about…